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Council's misleading Open+ and shut case for public libraries
Posted on January 13, 2022 by insidecroydon
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The bankrupt council is spending £1.6m on an untried system that will allow it to reduce staffing hours at our libraries, a decision passed without debate at a Town Hall meeting. Our libraries correspondent, GENE BRODIE, investigates
Under threat: Shirley Library is one of the branches which consultants suggested could be axed
Croydon's Labour-run council has tried on three separate occasions to use public "consultations" to give it an excuse to close some of the borough's 13 public libraries.
This is not just a recent thing, driven by the collapse of the council's finances in 2020. The first consultation ordered by cabinet member Oliver Lewis involved hiring an expensive firm of consultants to consider the best way of closing libraries and handing over the buildings for money-spinning redevelopments by, in all likelihood, Brick by Brick.
The resulting public outcry saw Tony Newman's Labour council abandon that scheme very quickly.
But the latest consultation, carried out following the council declaring itself effectively bankrupt in November 2020, attempted to dust-off elements of the property sales plan for public libraries. The public responded again, most saying that they opposed closing libraries. Offered reduced hours as an alternative to outright closures, of course the Croydon public, being reasonable folk, said that would be preferable.
Shitshow: cabinet member for closing libraries Oliver Lewis
But what is emerging is a set of reduced opening hours which makes the borough's once-proud library service virtually unavailable to large sections of the borough's residents – and potentially creating a situation where council officials will be able to justify closures of some branch libraries because they have become so poorly used, conveniently ignoring that is because they are so rarely open…
It is a programme of library closures by stealth. It's clearly part of a plan from senior council directors, who have found a useful idiot to push it through in Lewis, who is notorious for being ready to please Fisher's Folly's top officials. It has all been done with virtually no discussion at council meetings, with cabinet members refusing to discuss the matter, while still spending millions of pounds of council funds that were intended to be used to improve the borough's infrastructure and public amenities.
In their report to the streets, homes and environment scrutiny committee on March 16 last year, lead officers Heather Cheesbrough, she of the dubiously non-existent qualifications, and Steve Dennington – both from the planning department – confirmed that in 2019-2020, £1,607,000 of the borough's CIL, or Community Infrastructure Levy, was spent on "the library buildings".
The expenditure was to "Ensure buildings are efficient and fit for purpose and provide attractive, accessible, modern, flexible community spaces that are both professional and welcoming and make the best use of space for the council and their communities."
At the meeting of full council on October 11 last year, the "reduced hours" option offered in the council's latest libraries consultation, apparently favoured by around 55 per cent of those that took part in the process, was voted through without discussion.
The consultation had shown that residents want access to libraries at different times to those currently offered, including evenings and Sundays. What is being offered instead is access to unstaffed libraries.
Key to the cash-strapped council's money-saving solution is the use of what is known as Open+ technology. It's something that they have been trying to foist on the borough's unsuspecting library users for some time.
Promises, promises: Open+'s remote system simply pretends libraries can operate without staff
In August 2019, Lewis announced that Open+ technology would be trialled at Selsdon Library and that, if successful, it could be rolled out to other libraries in the borough.
That promised trial has never taken place.
Yet during scrutiny and overview committee on March 30 last year, Lewis said, "We have [Open+] at Selsdon and Norbury… if we were going to roll that out into other libraries, it would require additional capital investment."
But according to a report to the May 17 council cabinet meeting, £650,000 had been allocated (as agreed at the full council meeting held in March 2021) for just this purpose at three other libraries, as well as replacing "obsolete self-service kiosks".
By the time that the council's latest consultation had begun then, Open+ was – if Lewis is to be believed – already installed in Selsdon and Norbury libraries, while funding was in place for its installation at Purley, South Norwood and Thornton Heath.
We now know that this further funding had come from the council's favourite magic money tree, the CIL pot.
Open all hours: the promised Open+ trial at Selsdon Library never happened
What remains unclear is why further funding was allocated at that particular time, for the installation of Open+ in a those particular libraries, when no risk assessments or trials had been undertaken, and before the public consultation had been completed.
Lewis and the council cabinet and then a meeting of full council have now approved, with little or no debate, a proposal that 150 hours per week of untrialled Open+ technology will be used to provide one-third of the new, much-reduced libraries service hours.
Under these Lewis-backed measures, the jobs of more frontline library staff – already much reduced since 2020 – are at risk. Access to trained and experienced libraries staff will be almost halved, to be replaced (and only partly) by access to libraries by pin number, while library users are monitored only by CCTV.
Do residents really want this type of service and will it really be, or feel safe, to use?
Lewis popped up in a libraries webinar last June, fulll of assurances. "We take safety and our users feeling comfortable in our libraries very seriously," he smarmed.
Library card: the council plans for Open+ access rely on our libraries having CCTV monitored
"I want to be clear that if we were to move forward with Open+ in our libraries we would be monitoring the libraries with CCTV, and if there was an incident, suitable resources, like the police, would be immediately called. I can't be clearer than that." So that's all right then.
Effectively, Lewis wants to hand over the management of the public libraries in Croydon for one-third of the time to the Met.
The promised trial of Open+ at Selsdon Library, arguably the safest option with Sainsbury's in the same building, didn't happen. Covid restrictions are still the excuse being offered for further delay.
A Freedom of Information request was submitted in May 2021 asking for (among other things) the details of any risk assessments carried out. The FoI request has never been fully answered (the council now also uses covid as an excuse for not answering FoI requests in the legally required 20 working days) and there has been nothing forthcoming about any risk assessments.
Then there's the cost involved. Another FOI request asking for details of the estimated costs associated with the maintenance and management of Open+ (including monitoring CCTV), has so far failed to elicit any sensible answer.
Regular Inside Croydon contributor, Steve Whiteside, wrote to one of Lewis's cabinet colleagues, Manju Shahul-Hameed, responsible for communities, safety and business recovery, asking that she raise the issues surrounding an implementation of an untrialled Open+. She ignored him.
Whiteside writes, "I wrote to her again prior to a council meeting late last year, asking the same thing.
"I stressed that, 'there are risks involved in the use of Open+ technology, to customers, staff and property. It is grossly irresponsible of officers or councillors to pretend otherwise'.
Ignored request to act: Manju Shahul-Hameed
"It seemed clear to me that the council was about to do something wrong and I urged her to try to do something to stop that."
Shahul-Hameed chose again to remain silent.
Lewis no doubt feels that he deserves a hefty pat on the back for "saving the libraries", but the reality is that his Labour council may have placed more public libraries in jeopardy than anything that the previous Conservative administration ever did with their disastrous outsourcing scheme.
Sanderstead Library, for instance, despite having one of the highest number of issues (of books, yes books!) per hours open, will not have Open+. As a result, Sanderstead's total operating hours within the new reduced service, would be considerably shorter than the libraries that would have the technology installed.
Without Open+, the libraries at Shirley, Bradmore Green, and Broad Green would have relatively short opening times (just 16 hours per week), while those at Ashburton and Coulsdon would be left with 24 hours of staffed opening hours per week.
Only Central Library will continue to provide anything like full operating hours with proper library staff, open for 40 hours each week, none of its allocated time achieved by using Open+.
At South Norwood, 30 of that library's 46 opening hours each week will be with Open+.
Selsdon will be open for 54 hours each week, of which 30 will be by Open+. Norbury, Purley and Thornton Heath libraries will have similar opening hours, with just 24 of the 54 hours being staffed.
These drastic cutbacks to library staffing and service levels have been taken under a Labour council administration. Whiteside suggests that the funding of Open+ installations was "both premature and unjustified".
"Fast forward a few years to a comparative survey of footfall and book issues in libraries when the closure of libraries is next raised," Whiteside warns, "and it becomes worryingly clear which of our libraries are most likely to be targeted again."
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5 Responses to Council's misleading Open+ and shut case for public libraries
Lewis White says:
Hello Fire Brigade ?.
It's Croydon Council Libraries premises security issues resolution centre here !
Just looking at the CCTV system. There seems to be someone setting light to a pile of books and newspapers in …… Library. Oh, the flames are just going up the curtains and shelves! Ooh, and up to the roof ! I wonder, do you have a fire engine free and fire fighters who could pop round ?. Thanks, that's so kind…. and would you be able to call the Police to tell them as well ?
I can tell them the name of the person because the automatic door opening card reads their name— it's a man….. Mr. R. Sonnist. Hope that's of help!
Thanks so much !
Marzia Nicodemi says:
What else is needed in Croydon for the residents to reject the incumbent administration in toto? Their arrogant incompetence knows no bounds. Nobody was ever held to account and some will resurrect if we get a Labour Mayor in May 2022 as orders from above will be obeyed.
Billy James says:
Croydon Council could save themselves tens of millions of pounds to staff these vital services by simply monitoring the work of the contractors they employ and refuse to pay until the work is undertaken satisfactorily and refusing to pay until the job is rectified to the standard required.
Recently near me they have repainted the parking bays to a woefully terrible standard it looks like the individual must have beenin the pub until the early hours of the morning having downed 20 beers.
My daughter and her class in primary school would be able to paint straighter lines and certainly be cheaper than the Croydon contractors
Stephen Blythman says:
Once it was convenient to go to Shirley Library, pre-Covid. The two library staff were constantly being consulted, resolving problems etc. There were reading groups and childrens groups. Many of the computer users were from an ethnic background. I imagine that we have lost all that, as our council finds ways of wasting money and serving themselves, and not residents.
I was just wondering what it would feel like to let yourself into an unstaffed library.
Would it be spookily empty, or would there be other people in there? If so, what would they be like ? A very weird experience, in all likelihood. I can't imagine that anyone of any age or gender would like to enter a space like a library without the guaranteed safety of a live staffing presence, even if there were a TV screen allowing face to face contact with a staff member at another library, and loads of CCTV cameras playing on every area of the library.
I wonder how much the cost of installing and above all, maintaining an automatic door system would add up to. Electronic / mechanical entry sytems are really good at doing one thing well- that is, failing. Very quickly, and very often.
Surely, for safety of users, there would have to be a member of the library service constantly sitting at a terminal monitoring every library at all times. They would be unable to do anything else. That will cost money.
What if someone got in and decided to stay there? A security team would have to be sent to the library–at what cost?
Saving money in council situations usually costs money— and sometimes, the cost of doing so will end up far higher than the target "cost saving".
My guess is that this could well be such a case.
Libraries should be peopled places of warmth, fun, relaxation, study and safety, not empty / anxious / unsafe , joyless places .

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Second London Confession Of Faith Of 1689
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My previous visits to Israel significantly helped me and my travel partner deepen our faith. Walking in the steps of Christ and the prophets, brought a far more interactive understanding of scripture.
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You will recall the lapidary opening of Dickens's famous novel of London and Paris in the period of the French. the year the Scottish Reformation Parliament adopted a Protestant confession of faith.
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Carin Grudda studied history of art and philosophy in Gießen, Germany. Since 1980 she works as a freelance artist and participated in numerous exhibitions. Several times she won awards for her works.
The images shown here are taken from the "Miami-Zyklus" (G01-G04) and the theme "Streunende Engel" (G05-G08).
A first selection of her pictures was published by RT-Distribution as fine art prints and exhibited e.g. at "artexpo" 1994 in NYC, USA and at "ambiente" 1996 in Frankfurt, Germany. If you are interested in buying a fine art print or an original of Carin Grudda, please also see our info page.


Sometimes confusing phrases occur in evangelism, which tend to muddle people (especially children) and fail to communicate the clarity of the gospel and the need to trust in Christ alone.
Now please don't misunderstand. People still get saved even when our words aren't perfect. A person's salvation is not dependent on us (thankfully), but on God. When I came to Christ, it was right after hearing one of the phrases below, and I remain forever grateful to that teacher who shared Christ with me.
Still, whenever possible, let's make sure our language communicates the gospel message in the best way possible.
The Bible never instructs us to give our hearts to God. It's not about us giving anything to Him; It's Him giving everything to us.
Further, this phrase may confuse younger children who tend to think in literal terms.
The New Testament doesn't ask us to do this. It's not us giving our lives to Him; it's Him giving His life for us.
Some people use Revelation 3:20 ("Behold I stand at the door and knock…") as a reason for this phrase. But, this overlooks the fact that this passage is addressed to Christians, not unbelievers. The issue here revolves around intimate fellowship between God and believers rather than one's eternal salvation.
Further, this phrase still has the potential problem of confusing younger children, who may view the heart only as a blood-pumping organ.
#4—Would you like to pray to receive Christ?
Salvation is not an issue of praying, but an issue of trusting. The danger with this phrase is that a person may trust in a prayer instead of Christ. Prayer is simply how you tell God what you are doing.
Keeping three things in mind as we dialogue with others will help alleviate confusion: (1) We must come to God as sinners, (2) Recognize Christ died in our place and rose from the grave, and (3) Trust in Christ alone to save us.
Do you agree or disagree with these phrases? What phrases would you add to the list?


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Wally And Maggie Go To The Races.
Waller Conroe and Magnolia Tomball grew up on adjacent farms near Todd Mission in Southeast Grimes County near the Montgomery and Waller County lines. During high school they traveled to local rodeos together where Wally rode broncs and roped calves and Maggie won barrel races and made money in breakaway roping. Well liked by contestants and fans, the gangly, shy couple was the only male-female team roping pair on the GMW rodeo circuit. Wally looked at the ground, his face a ripening tomato each time he received a first place belt buckle or trophy. Maggie smiled her thank you and tears streaked the dust on her sun-darkened face each time she led her Quarter Horse mare Dobbin to the presentation stand to pick up an award.
A year after graduating high school in 1963, Wally married Tamina Johnson and moved to Oklahoma to work on a large cattle feedlot. Two years later, Maggie finally gave in to persistent Ray Ford and settled with her new husband near Hempstead where they raised chickens and watermelons. For the first five years after Wally moved, both continued to rodeo, but not with the same enthusiasm as when they had rodeoed together. Wally and Tamina bought 30 acres east of Alva, Oklahoma and Wally broke horses in his spare time. Maggie and Ray bred Dobbin to Dodger's Big Ace and over the years developed a small horse breeding operation. The families traded Christmas cards every year for the first twenty years and gradually lost contact after Maggie and Ray divorced in 1983. Maggie moved back to the small farm she inherited from her parents and devoted her time to teaching riding and volunteering at Dream Catcher Stables, a therapeutic riding program in Spring.
Tamina died from breast cancer in 2000 and Wally retired from the feedlot, sold his Oklahoma acreage and purchased a similar sized farm near Mostyn, Texas. Wally devoted his time to fixing up his new place so he could resume breaking young horses. In July 2002 he started passing out flyers at local feed stores announcing openings for a limited number of green horses. Maggie found one of those flyers on her truck as she was leaving Magnolia Feed and Seed. A brief mixture of hurt and anger gave way to nervous anticipation as she realized that her old friend was back in Texas. Wally was grilling a ribeye steak on his little electric grill when his phone rang. When they finished stammering through apologies for losing contact and not being around for the other's difficult times, they agreed to meet at the Bar-B-Que place in Magnolia, catch up on the past twenty years and start doing things together.
Readers of Purple Power can now join Maggie and Wally as they enjoy a new adventure each week. This week, Wally and Maggie go to the races.
"Hey, Maggie, you ever been to the horse racetrack in Houston?", Wally asked over his peach cobbler filled spoon.
"Well, let's go this weekend.", suggested Wally.
"Oh, that'd be fun!" exclaimed Maggie.
Wally turned right onto Fallbrook and dove past a chain link fence that bordered the stable area. "Looks like room for a lot of horses back here." he offered. "About 1200 I seem to remember them saying", answered Maggie.
They saw a sign that said Gate 3, Stable Gate and slowed to allow a four-horse gooseneck trailer to complete its entry into the drive and stop at a guard house. "They have to check those horses in", stated Wally. "I had a couple of buddies out of Woodward, Oklahoma that I broke some young racehorses for in the late 80's and early 90's. I went with them a couple of times to bring some of their racehorses to the track in Oklahoma City. I'm sure it's much the same here. They have to have current negative Coggins papers and health certificates to get in." Maggie mumbled something that indicated she had heard, but her gaze was fixed on a bright-eyed gray watching her from the third window of the trailer.
Wally started to get some money out of his wallet, but Maggie was already handing $6.00 to the admissions clerk. "You're paying for the parking, I've got this", she smiled. As they walked under the green canopy toward the glass entry doors to the grandstand, Maggie pointed out the saddling paddock to their left. "There's the paddock. I like to come out here before each race , watch the horses being saddled , watch them walk around to where their trainer and jockey are waiting and then see how they act when the trainer boosts the jockey into the saddle. That's when I pick the horses I'm going to bet on.
"Oh, then I know just the place you need to go." Maggie said as they walked into the cool air of the grandstand.
"Maggie? Hello – Wally to Maggie." Wally was grinning when Maggie finally refocused on him.
"You said you knew a place I should go," reminded Wally.
Wally noticed a sign over a glass-fronted room that said "Fan Education Room, Learn to Wager Here". "How much does it cost to go in there?" Wally asked.
"Nothing." Maggie replied. "It's free".
Wally and Maggie got a few questions answered in the Fan Education Room and then enjoyed a gourmet buffet in the Winner's Circle restaurant. They won enough to pay the $50 tab and headed down the escalators at 11:00 as the winner of the tenth race was getting its picture taken in the winners' circle.
As they walked out into the warm night, an unusual but welcome breeze lifted Maggie's straight, grayish blonde hair from her neck. She remembered a time at the Waller County Rodeo forty years before when she wished Wally had been more interested in her as a female rather than a roping partner. That feeling hadn't lasted long that night, but now it was back. Their forearms brushed as they walked wordlessly through the exit gate. A valet attendant took off at a full run toward the parking lot to get "Ole Blue". Maggie's and Wally's eyes met and held for a moment. Wally looked away and smiled. "When does the Thoroughbred meet start?" he asked.
"November 1st" Maggie said as she felt her cheeks get a little warm. .
NEXT Week. Wally and Maggie place some bets.


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Actor Aadhi Pinisetty has signed a sports drama
Tuesday,May07th,2019, 05:22 AM
Actor Aadhi Pinisetty has signed a sports drama film and it will be directed by a newcomer Prithvi Adithya. This will be Aadhi's first sports genre and the makers of the film are planning to make it in Telugu and Tamil languages simultaneously.
The debutant director Prithvi Adithya is excited to get an opportunity to Aadhi with his first film and he said, "While writing this story, I imagined only Aadhi and I was relieved when he said 'YES' to the project. Finally, to work with him on this project has energized my spirits and I am looking forward to deliver a commendable work. We are now finalizing the other actors and technicians."
With a wide array of sports based films consistently seen on big screens, director Prithivi assures that this one is exceptional. He adds, "This is going to be a film that delves into the world of 'Athletics' and the challenges that protagonist faces in accomplishing his dreams."
Praveen Kumar has been confirmed to handle the cinematography and will be produced by IB Karthikeyan of BIG PRINT PICTURES and co- produced by PMM FILMS and G. Manoj & G. Sri Harsha of Cuts and Glory Studios.


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Q: Get an array of dates using Carbon in Laravel 5.4 I'm a beginner in Laravel/PHP, and I'm using the Carbon class to manage dates.
I need to get an array of datetime by month, from the beginning of the previous year till this month, the output should be as follow :
$dates = [
    '2016-01-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-02-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-03-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-04-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-05-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-06-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-07-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-08-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-09-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-10-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-11-01 00:00:00',
    '2016-12-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-01-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-02-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-03-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-04-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-05-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-06-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-07-01 00:00:00',
    '2017-08-01 00:00:00',
];

I can't figure out how to do this, thank you in advance.

A: Maybe something like this:
function dates()
{
    $start = \Carbon\Carbon::now()->subYear()->startOfYear();
    $months_to_render = \Carbon\Carbon::now()->diffInMonths($start);

    $dates = [];

    for ($i = 0; $i <= $months_to_render; $i++) {
        $dates[] = $start->toDateTimeString();
        $start->addMonth();
    }

    return $dates;
}

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Articles on Frank Capra
[Above: Still image from the rooftop suicide scene from Meet John Doe.]
Articles on or about Frank Capra
Born May 18, 1897 in Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy
Died September 3, 1991 in La Quinta, California
Biographical Timeline of Capra's Life 1897 - 1930
REVIEW: It Happened One Night from
May 1934 New Republic Magazine
April 1935 The Nation Magazine
Frank Capra, Jr., (1934-2007) Film producer
Glenda Farrell (appeared in Lady for A Day)
(Capra was asked where he would have ended up if he had not become a film director):
"With [Dr. Edwin] Hubble. As an astronomer. I could study the stars and the planets forever. I always wanted to know why, why... Pictures changed my mind. I was too far along in the movie business. But when I go back to [Capra's college] Caltech now and hear about things I'm not familiar with, like black holes, goddamn! I get mad. How the hell I ever refused that I don't know... But it seems like motion pictures have a terrible hold on me. I don't know what it is..."
(From Joseph McBride's book Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success, page 655.)
Original page 2005 | Updated April 2013


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Temple signee Jahlil White's growth evident as he preps for college
01/07/2020, 11:15am EST
By Mitchell Gladstone
Wildwood Catholic senior Jahlil White (above) is one of two players signed to Temple for next season. (Photo: Gavin Bethell/CoBL)
Mitchell Gladstone (@mpgladstone13)
CHERRY HILL — Wildwood Catholic coach David DeWeese admits that he often pushes Jahlil White's buttons.
And sometimes, White hasn't taken it well.
But it's taken that prodding from the Crusaders' longtime coach to get White to this point — a star for one of the best teams in South Jersey, and now, a Temple signee.
"Coach DeWeese challenged me mostly in being a leader and taking over games," White said. "He's gained a lot of confidence in me, and without his help, I don't know where I would be at this point in my career."
While the relationship DeWeese shares with White is not necessarily unique, it's clear that the pair have grown together throughout White's high school career.
"Over the course of the last four years, he has just matured tremendously," DeWeese said. "I am tough on him and he responds to it. … He's my guy. I love the kid and I try to do everything I can to help him become a better basketball player and a better person."
The growth is something Owls coach Aaron McKie has seen from White as well.
McKie, who at the time was Temple's lead assistant, first got the chance to watch White at a Wildwood Catholic practice last fall. He'd heard about a kid with "good size and a good feel for the game" but found something even better when he personally laid eyes on the Wildwood native.
"Each time, I was intrigued more and more by him," McKie said of White.
Specifically, what drew McKie to the then-junior was his ability to excel in multiple areas of the game. White already has a smooth jumper but also knows how to play well in the lane, and at just 180 pounds, there's still room to add to his frame — which could make White an even better defender at the next level.
"He's multifaceted. He's a two-way player. He can defend. He can play on the offensive side — you can put him in a screen-and-roll," McKie said. "He does so many different things. That's where you see the game of basketball going.
"Before, when you identified players, it'd be a point guard or a shooting guard or a small forward. And now, you really want to look for versatility."
Against Archbishop Wood in the Dajuan Wagner Play-By-Play Classic, White showed flashes of each of the elements of his game.
White scored 16 points against the Vikings, combining with West Virginia signee Taj Thweatt, who added 19, to lead the Crusaders' offense. He also helped ignite the Wildwood Catholic defense, which switched from zone to man after falling behind 23-12 in the first quarter.
And with 5.9 seconds to play, DeWeese put the ball in White's hands, giving his senior swingman a chance to tie or win the game. But with his team down 54-52, White instead found a cutting teammate, dishing off for a potential game-tying layup that was ultimately deflected away.
DeWeese, while disappointed with the outcome, was still with White's decision because of the trust they've developed these last three years.
"We've got a player-coach bond that I think extends beyond the basketball court," DeWeese said.
That player-coach connection is something White immediately identified in McKie. Even as the Temple alum and former Sixer transitioned from top assistant to head coach, McKie remained White's lead recruiter.
Despite 13 other Division I offers including other area options in Drexel and NJIT, White chose the Owls.
He then put pen to paper on Nov. 13, locking the three-star prospect in at Temple and making White the current centerpiece of the Owls' 2020 recruiting class. Also committed and signed is Normal (Ill.)'s Quincy Ademokoya, a 6-5 wing guard.
"I love everything about Temple and I can't wait to be there," White said. "The coaching staff was definitely the biggest part of my decision. They made me feel like a part of their family."
Though DeWeese didn't push White in a specific direction when it came to his decision, McKie's work in ensuring one of the area's top prospects stayed close to home didn't go unnoticed by the Crusaders' coach.
"Aaron plays a huge part," DeWeese said. "I've been doing this for a long time, and I haven't come across a college coach who is as connected as he is. He reaches out to me, even after [Jahlil's] committed. He's a great communicator."
When White arrives in North Philly next fall, he'll join a team that will have just lost five seniors — notably Quinton Rose and Alani Moore II, currently two of the Owls' top three scorers.
That means there very well may be the chance for White to immediately contribute to a Temple team which should once again be competing for a spot in the NCAA tournament.
"He's a very coachable kid," McKie said of White. "When you come to Temple University, you're going to be coached, and all of the kids are well aware of that. … I'm going to point things out, but I'm also going to let you know what you're doing well."
And if coaching has gotten White this far, it's plenty reasonable to think he'll keep growing at the college level.
"He didn't take it well at first, but he's come along," DeWeese said of pushing White. "He's been able to accomplish a lot of great things so far, and I hope he's able to accomplish even greater things."
D-I Coverage:
Drexel gaining real momentum after big win over W&M
01/18/2020, 7:15pm EST , By Kevin Callahan
Carroll product Sharkey leaving his mark in a major way at Samford
01/18/2020, 12:00pm EST , By Andy Jasner
Bracy: McKie figuring out how to mold Temple in his own way
01/17/2020, 9:45am EST , By Aaron Bracy
Navy's Sean Yoder shines in front of friends and family at Lehigh
01/16/2020, 11:45am EST , By Hannah Edwards
Russell's return home sparks Rhode Island past St. Joe's
HS Coverage:
Bonner clamps down on Carroll in wire-to-wire win
Future knocks off Palumbo to gain control of Pub 'C' Division
01/17/2020, 12:45am EST , By Josh Naso
Penncrest regains momentum, topples Upper Darby
01/16/2020, 11:30pm EST , By Nate Heckenberger
Westtown's Warley sees stock soaring during junior year
01/16/2020, 12:45pm EST , By Liam O'Brien
Malvern Prep's Deuce Turner stands alone atop Inter-Ac scorers
01/15/2020, 3:00pm EST , By Matt Chandik
Simples, Lower Merion just keep rolling with impressive home rout of Penncrest
01/15/2020, 10:15am EST , By Mitchell Gladstone
Small-College News:
Jefferson's DeVaughn Mallory playing like All-American candidate as Rams continue flying start
01/17/2020, 12:15pm EST , By Mitchell Gladstone
'You don't get a winning culture overnight': How Haverford College is off to its best start in 40 years
Despite Shippensburg setback, West Chester still outpacing expectations
01/09/2020, 12:45am EST , By Mike Samsel
CoBL-Area D-III Power Poll: Jan. 6, 2020
PJP alum Rich Dunham chasing greatness at Gwynedd Mercy
Division III Power Poll: Dec. 16, 2019
Recruiting News:
Unionville's Shanahan has grown into new role
01/05/2020, 11:00pm EST , By Ari Glazier & Josh Verlin
St. Joe's Prep 66, Germantown Ac. 49: Photo Gallery & Quick Report
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MAHAL ISMAYILOGLU TO FILE CASSATION COMPLAINT
Today, 19 August, in the Sumgayit City Appellate Court, under the chairmanship of Judge Huseyin Nabiyev, a preliminary hearing was held on the appeal of "Yeni Musavat" newspaper column writer, "Khalg" newspaper's former editor-in-chief Mahal (Sadigov) Ismayiloglu's appeal against the verdict of the Absheron District.
Defendant M.Ismayiloglu, his lawyer, Media Rights Institute employee Elchin Sadigov, and injured party Najiba Safarova, her lawyer Novruz Aliyev and State Plaintiff Azer Abbasov participated in the hearing.
Lawyer E.Sadiqov filed a motion to invite witnesses that were not interrogated during the first instance court trial and to consider the case via court investigation. Prosecutor A.Abbasov said that there is no need for a court investigation and objected to the motion.
After the deliberation, Judge H.Nabiyev said that a decision was issued to consider the case via court investigation partially and scheduled the next hearing for 1 September at 11:00 a.m. Lawyer E.Sadigov said that they will file a cassation complaint against this decision.
The judge did not permit the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety to film during the hearing.
On 27 June 2008, M. Ismayiloglu was called to a police department on the basis of a lawsuit filed against him by his neighbor Vahid Imanov's servant. In the complaint it is alleged that the journalist beat his neighbor's servant for dumping trash in his yard. Therefore a criminal case was instituted against M. Ismayiloglu. On 1 July 2009 the journalist was found guilty under articles 127 (intentional infliction of minor severe bodily harm), 128 (intentional infliction of minor bodily harm) and 221.3 (hooliganism with use of a weapon or weapon-like item) of the Criminal Code and was sentenced to conditional imprisonment for two years. Ismayiloglu claims that this incident never occurred and his neighbor is angry about articles that Ismayiloglu wrote, and the verdict against him is politically motivated.
MILLETIM NEWSPAPER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FINED 1500 AZN
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED REGARDING DEATH OF NOVRUZALI MAMMADOV


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package com.zaradai.kunzite.optimizer.model;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

public final class InputRowGenerator {
    private InputRowGenerator() {
    }

    public static InputRow getFirst(InputRowSchema schema) {
        return InputRow.fromSchema(schema);
    }

    public static InputRow getRandom(InputRowSchema schema) {
        InputRow res = getFirst(schema);
        Random r = new Random();

        for (int i = 0; i < schema.getNumColumns(); ++i) {
            int steps = getStepsInColumn(res, i);
            res.setValue(i, r.nextInt(steps));
        }

        return res;
    }

    public static InputRow getNext(InputRow from) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(from, "InputRow cannot be null");

        InputRow res = (InputRow) from.clone();
        increment(res, 0);

        return res;
    }

    public static InputRow getPrev(InputRow from) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(from, "InputRow cannot be null");

        InputRow res = (InputRow) from.clone();
        decrement(res, 0);

        return res;
    }

    public static boolean increment(InputRow row, int index) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(row, "InputRow cannot be null");

        boolean res = false;

        if (index >= 0 && index < row.getNumColumns()) {
            // increment the column value pointed to by index
            int value = row.getValue(index) + 1;
            // ensure column value is not greater than number of defined steps in the column
            if (value >= getStepsInColumn(row, index)) {
                // otherwise reset current column value
                row.setValue(index, 0);
                // and increment next column
                return increment(row, index + 1);
            } else {
                // set value
                row.setValue(index, value);
            }

            res = true;
        }

        return res;
    }

    public static boolean decrement(InputRow row, int index) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(row, "InputRow cannot be null");

        boolean res = false;

        if (index >= 0 && index < row.getNumColumns()) {
            // decrement the column value pointed to by index
            int value = row.getValue(index) - 1;
            // ensure column value is not less than zero
            if (value < 0) {
                // otherwise set Max
                row.setValue(index, getStepsInColumn(row, index) - 1);
                // and decrement next column
                return decrement(row, index + 1);
            } else {
                // set value
                row.setValue(index, value);
            }

            res = true;
        }

        return res;
    }

    public static List<InputRow> getNeighbours(InputRow start) {
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(start, "InputRow cannot be null");

        List<InputRow> res = Lists.newArrayList();
        NeighboursInputRowBuilder rowBuilder = new NeighboursInputRowBuilder(start);

        while (rowBuilder.next()) {
            res.add(rowBuilder.getCurrent());
        }

        return res;
    }

    private static int getStepsInColumn(InputRow inputRow, int index) {
        return inputRow.getSeries(index).getSteps();
    }
}


Just can't give up, so 2 1/2 years behind but perhaps this january I'll catch it up!
Did you know that James Vernor was a pharmacist?
I got to get on the school roof for this picture of the boys' entire elementary school!
Tobin's year end party had a giant sundae (I don't think it was that appealing!
Ezra doing the 4th grade walk-out, he wouldn't look . . . I got a little teary knowing that it was our last year there (8 years at that school) because Tobin & Ezra were both going to a different school next year.
We celebrated the last day at the pool club with pizza!
And, Tobin played some soccer too.
Nice! I had completely given up on you! Glad it sent me an email letting me know you had a new post!


Think of Vaillant as a younger version of John McPhee, but on steroids. Much of it is spent on the landscape, cultural examinations, and on the personal history of the people involved. As a result, the author is reduced to a great deal of conjecture and speculation. Not only can these animals be cunning and unpredictable, Vaillant shows us that they can be incredibly smart and gentle when optimal conditions arise. Yet it engages the reader on political, socioeconomic, and conservation fronts in order to explain how the stage was set for a deadly showdown. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Outside, National Geographic and The Walrus, among other publications.
These maestros believe killing a tiger without cause is as vile as murder, and such a violation of natural order that calamity is destined to follow. Still, by trying too hard to provide a complete picture, Vaillant loses most of the readability needed to make the information memorable. Not only was it a beautiful piece of non-fiction, it had the added bonus of being incredibly creepy and unpredictable. This is a great book that gave me a window into an unexpectedly rich animal and environment that I'd never thought much of -- I recommend it very highly. Both gruesome and shocking, The Tiger tells a frightening story based on one of humankind's most primal fears and expounds on the miraculous killing machine that is the Amur Tiger. The problem is that once you have gotten your nifty new product, the the tiger a true story of vengeance and survival vintage departures gets a brief glance, maybe a once over, but it often tends to get discarded or lost with the original packaging. They see themselves as blood brothers of the Amurs--but as Vaillant shows us, no one fights more fiercely than relatives.
A remarkable, thoroughly researched, informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the conservation of wildlife. He is a former war correspondent for the Associated Pressand a three-time National Magazine Award finalist. Or in a narrative book it would take maybe 20 pages or so pages. While this book is footnoted and has an extensive bibliography, I would suggest it for anyone who simply likes a good adventure story. The blending of the animal and sociopolitical information in this book was really a wonder to behold.
He is a former war correspondent for the Associated Pressand a three-time National Magazine Award finalist. This approach means that I read a lot of books in areas where I have no expertise and little real interest, merely because someone did a great job of presenting the material and I got hooked. Still, this is a relatively intriguing story and is definitely thoroughly documented and seems to have involved a lot of personal investigation. Consequently it was inevitable that conflicts between man and tiger would arise. In no way do I think that my review of this book does it justice. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the taiga, John Vaillant provides an unforgettable true account of a lethal collision between man and beast in a remote Russian village during the late 1990's. However, I can see some people being turned off by all the detours and side streets the book takes.
Above all, we come to understand the endangered Siberian tiger, a highly intelligent super-predator that can grow to ten feet long, weigh more than six hundred pounds, and range daily over vast territories of forest and mountain. This makes them truly scary creatures. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again. To this day, the Wilmington lion has never attacked or even emerged from the suburban shadows. Vaillant has tremendous empathy for all the actors involved, despite a strongly realistic outlook, and you will be able to feel the story as though you were a part of it. Vailiant, particularly the parts of the story that focus on the tiger and the hunt.
It seems that there are not only lingering political tensions between Russia and China, but that China has an insatiable appetite for Russia's resources. There are hunters in Siberia, Vaillant tells us, who can sniff the woods and identify animals by smell. The Tiger offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator. It's a gutsy approach that could easily lead to chaotic storytelling, but Vaillant is careful to keep the bone-chilling storyline taut by capturing the intensity of an animal worthy of our greatest respect and deepest fears. Can't wait to finish it. The Tiger was excellent but the narrative surrounding the relationship between the tiger and its victims is only part of this book. Consequently, it's impossible to read Vaillant and not have learned something new.
And it's all woven together in a manner that made me want to keep reading. This is a real-life adventure story that is rarely encountered. Negatives aside, the book is still worth a read. Although I have read other books on tigers mostly Bengal tigers , this book really taught me about the world from a Siberian tiger's viewpoint. Some Chinese myths claim that even devils and demons are afraid of the tiger. A good deal of the book is also devoted to describing the living conditions in that part of the world, the history of the region, the political and government influences, and the extremes the people must go to simply to survive day by day, Some of this bogs things down a bit.
By turns absolutely fascinating and monstrously chilling, The Tiger explores the world of the Siberian tiger from its mythic history and extreme habitat to modern economics and black market poaching. A remarkable, thoroughly researched, informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the conservation of wildlife. Fearsome strength is at the command of a calculating mind that relentlessly stalks its newest prey: man. Read it and be afraid. It does have a rather small story of a man eating tiger terrorizing a community, but it balloons out, covering all the eddies of history, natural history, economics, and culture that moved the characters to this moment where their worlds collide.


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Week of September 23 ! Memories, Big Comebacks, and Butterflies!
This week didn't have a lot of videos, but it did have two huge comebacks!
FT Island released their comeback song, "Memory".
The MV really disappointed me, to be honest. It's not fair since it's their six anniversary and FNC gave them this shitty video :(
Block B made their long awaited comeback since leaving Stardom Entertainment, and I know every single kpop fan is happy to see them back because with thought they would be gone forever....
"Be The Light" is their first track for their comeback and it's a really pretty song with a lot of vocals and ZICO SINGS WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL VOICE OHGOD.
MV RATE: 8.5/10
Busker Busker made their long awaited comeback after their massive Korean debut in Spring of 2012 with "Cherry Blossom Ending" that tore up the Korean charts, but not international fans hearts. Their comeback song is a really pretty break up song, "Love, At First".
Most international fans tend to not like them because they beat EXO and B.A.P at the MAMA awards last year for Rookie of the Year, but I they deserved it. I really like music like the kind that Busker Busker makes, it's very Korean 90's and indie type sounding.... I really enjoy that. This song is beautiful and the lyrics are beautifully written too... Really I recommend this song to everyone.
SONG RATE: 1000000000/10
Nothing was released on Wednesday and Thursday so off to Friday ~
Infinite released a MV for a Samsung commercial called, "Request"... And actually I like this song better than "Man In Love" and "Destiny".... oops.
All the comments on that video are talking about L and Kim Do Yeon omf.
Piggy Dolls released their second single with the new members called "Butterflies"... And I like the other song better, but this still nice.
It really sounds like something you might hear on Disney Channel tbh.
SONG RATE: 7.5/10
Please like, comment, and tweet this article~!! And answer the poll below :)
-Miss Kpop, love you guise.
Week of September 9 ! Enough Parties, S.K.Y, & Cures!
I'm sorry that I didn't post this article last week, but I decided not to because it was Chuseok and I knew that there wasn't going to be any MV's this last week~
Mianhae ~
J.Y. Park made his comeback with his 10th album and song, "Had Enough Parties".
I really fell in love with this song and the makeup artist did SO well in this MV. Plus, I find it ironic with what this song means... because like three days after he released this he announced that he was getting married...
Lim Kim released another song and MV for the song "Voice" ft. Swings.
It's actually my least favorite out of all three of her songs... um.
BTS made their comeback after two months since debut with "N.O".
I really really love the message of this song, because I hate school and this song basically speaks the dreams of almost every student in Korea.
F-VE DOLLS released their second comeback song with "Can You Love Me" ft. Dani from T-ARA N4.
I know a lot of people were upset with Dani's rap... I was too actually she seemed so awkward every time I watch this MV I laugh... I'm so mean. aigoo.
Drunken Tiger aka Tiger JK released a new album and the lead track was "The Cure" ft. T (Yoon Mi Rae; his wife) and Bizzy.
Since this is Tiger JK's album they didn't consider this song by MFBTY just to clear that up.
But seriously, this is my favorite song.
SONG RATE: 100000000000000000000000000000000000000/10
EXTRA****
F-VE DOLLS released another MV, during Chuseok holiday *bad stares*, called "Deceive" and tbh this is my favorite out of the three singles. c:
Comment & Vote!
Hope everyone had a great Chuseok!~
My Top Ten Songs From the Month of August 2013 !
August was a very busy and colorful month in the world of kpop. A lot of big comebacks and great music.
15. Dash - M.I.B
14. Tonight - SPICA
13. MAMAMA - Tasty
12. Badman - B.A.P
11. No Love - MBLAQ
10. KARA's "Runaway"
The reason I love KARA's "Runaway" is simple. I like when songs have very clear pronunciations because it becomes easier to sing a long to the song especially when it's in Korean or Japanese or Mandarin. The girls looked pretty perf in the music video as well which is basically a preview of a short drama that they are releasing for the Cheoseok festival and I'm really excited to watch it. The song is simple in itself as well. Simple melodies and lyrics that make the song become addictive and meaningful. Great job KARA.
MY BIAS: Nicole
9. NU'EST's "Sleep Talking"
At first, I didn't really even like the song... But then I started playing it over and over and over and.... it just stuck to me. I find it hilarious that they actually have snoring sounds in the background of the song. I really like Ren's parts in the song and the chorus idrk why though. Ren looks like a girl ALMOST too much in this MV and I ALMOST feel bad for him but then I wonder if he likes that style. Aron and Minhyun look so hot do not even get me started. I wish Pledis would change their hair....
MY BIAS: Aron
8. Henry's "1-4-3" ft. Amber
Although I like "Trap" a lot better than "1-4-3" I became addicted to this... And as much as I love Amber (a lot) I actually like Henry's original rap better than her's. Sometimes when I sing this song I feel like I'm singing it in a way that sounds like I'm making fun of this song. The dance makes me laugh every time and I have no fucking idea why. But it does. And I see that SM doesn't allow Henry to dance in box sets hmmm....
7. Seungri's "Gotta Talk To U"
Everything about Seungri's comeback seems perfect to me. And I actually REALLY WANT HIS ALBUM /WHY AM I SO POOR?!?!?. Anyways. This song makes you dance and it's so repetitive it got stuck in my head so easy. I'M HUSTLIN HUSTLIN. Even though the MV is hella boring for a YG MV.... Seungri is still so hot god.
6. Ladies Code's "Hate You"
We waited so long for a Ladies Code comeback and it started to progress in August. I was disappointed that they didn't get to actually promote this song like they are getting to promote "Pretty Pretty" atm... But I'm glad they waited for Zunny to recover and didn't pull a SHINee "Why So Serious" on us. The song is also very simple like KARA's "Runaway" but I almost feel like the lyrics can tell a more in depth story. To me, the MV really shows how it feels to be in that relationship where you really hate someone yet you love them so much. The MV really goes with the concept perfectly.
MY BIAS: Sojung
5. ZE:A's "The Ghost Of Wind"
ZE:A finally made their comeback in August that I waited too long for. Seriously. And "The Ghost of Wind" is like THE BEST ZE:A SONG EVER IN MY OPINION. Last year when they released "Phoenix", that was my JAM. But I go 10x crazier for this song and actually went through this song ZE:A phase because of that. It reminds me of Nine Muses' "Dolls", I couldn't tell you why, and I'm a huge Nine Muses person so I really really loved everything about this. And I feel so accomplished that I can finally tell them all a part with the same hair color WOO.
MY BIAS: Hyungsik
4. Sunmi's "24 Hours"
Sunmi made her solo debut since leaving the Wonder Girls, but still under JYP, this August. And it rocked my world. I fell deeply in love with Sunmi and it's really hard to explain. She changed my perspective on the fact women with short hair are so sexy like omf. Her hair choice and color surprisingly went perfectly with the concept and actually gave it an elegant feel. A lot of female kpop artists try too hard to be sexy but Sunmi seemed to do it just right. It was perfect. I learned the dance. The song is so great omg.
3. Kang Seung Yoon's "Stealer"
Kang Seung Yoon is MY heart stealer. Ever since YG first released "It Rains" I knew that when this boy debuts with Team A, he will take over my life. Every song he has released so far makes me so happy and smile. Or cry. His voice gives that effect and that's why I love him. Seung Yoon is on YG's show "W.I.N" right now and he is on Team A, and not to be biased but I want Team A to win (maybe I'm a little biased) but seriously. This song and MV are perfect. I love the fact that lyrics are a story. The only thing is that he HAS A KISS SCENE no. no.
2. 2NE1's "Do You Love Me"
2NE1 released their second 2013 single and I liked "Do You Love Me" a lot more than "Falling In Love" and I really loved "Falling In Love". I still play this song to this day (last night actually) and sing all the words because I've memorized them. I like that Bom and Dara had more parts in this song and it wasn't all Minzy and CL like last time... And I think we can all agree that it's really fun to spell "D.O. Y.O.U. L.O.V.E. M.E."
MY BIAS: Bom
1. EXO's "Growl"
Surprise, surprise. Yeah well.... I love EXO and um. yeah. "Growl" is like my second favorite EXO song of all time after "Baby Don't Cry"... but I'm actually really proud of them because of all of their wins. And like ALL of my Korean friends like EXO now after this song where as before they never even payed attention to them. It's been really great to watch EXO blow up into this sensation in Korea and actually have Korean fans be biased towards the EXO-M members as well. My oppa's bias is Chen ouo. And my dongsaeng likes Luhan. I'm proud boys. I'm proud.
MY BIAS: Tao
Week of September 2 ! Coup D'etat's, Pretty's, & Thrillers
/sidetracking, idk but hanbyul from ledapple is ruining my life atm/
Here's the weekly update c:
G-Dragon his comeback after one year with song "Coup D'etat".
I must say that I really like this song okay. It's got the same meaning as One of a Kind sometimes.
KARA made their comeback after one year, wait. Didn't they come back at the same as G-Dragon last year too? They came back with "Damaged Lady".
This song is so kpop old school. I totally love it yep.
A Pink released another MV off of their Secret Garden album for the song "U You".
It's a cute song lol.
NU'EST released another MV for their comeback with the song "Fine Girl".
It's good.
Ladies Code finally made their official comeback with "Pretty Pretty" the hilarious and perf song.
G-Dragon released his second song for his comeback called "Crooked".
AND OMG THIS IS LIKE MY NEW FAVORITE SONG I'M OBSESSED I CANT OMG.
SONG RATE: 20705470238510970470886549703879179364/10
MV RATE: 12003476734070273408735970975393708888/10
BtoB made their second comeback of the year with MV "Thriller".
This song keeps getting compared to VIXX's "Hyde" and idek why. I actually like that song better tho so um...
Piggy Dolls made their comeback after their 1 and half year hiatus with song "Ordinary Girl".
Ok I was in love with song and then I found out they replaced all of the old members with these new three girls and I still like the song but I disapprove completely of the member changes ok..
Vote for your favorite song from this week :-)
Week of August 26 ! Rocking, Raining, & Hipsters?
I'm sorry this is overdue, school started for me finally and I've been tired and busy, and tbh lazy as hell lol.
ENJOY c:
*also look forward to my Top 20 of August Article c:*
TEEN TOP made their second comeback of 2013 with "Rocking" and it's very dubstep background.
I'm not a huge fan of this song tbh. It's ok.
Sorry guise.
Lim Kim is back with "Rain".
Her second song ever and I'm completely obsessed. She's beautiful and her voice is perfect bye.
SPICA made their LONG awaited comeback with "Tonight".
I love the MV and the song. They look like sexy hipsters sorryyyy.
BtoB is gearing up for their comeback with their per-release track, "When I Was Your Man". And this coffee shop type song is okay but not my favorite.
Lyn made her comeback with "I Like This Song".
This song made me cry, it's beautiful.
Make sure that you vote for your favorite song from this week ! c:


Social Media Examiner recently released its 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report detailing the latest trends in social media marketing. With 50 pages of interesting details, there's a lot to absorb and numerous takeaways. For example, more companies are integrating social media with traditional marketing than they did last year. In fact, 83 percent of respondents indicated that they have done so. However, that means that 17 percent have not.
If you're one of those who has yet to integrate social media with traditional marketing, let's get started! Use the tips below to extend your marketing efforts into the social realm.
prospects know where to find you socially. Using social media icons is immediately identifiable, so make sure to use them. However, some of these marketing channels are not clickable. Thus, you'll also want to make it easy for your prospects to find you by including the URL to your social sites.
Use QR codes – QR codes can solve the click problem, too. These images can be printed in ads, on business cards, on invoices, on brochures, and even on your company car. They contain a special code that can be "read" with a smartphone. Once scanned by a smartphone, the user's mobile browser opens to the designated URL. For example, if you run a restaurant and want to encourage diners to like your Facebook page, place a QR code in your menu along with the words, "Like us on Facebook." In addition to creating static QR codes pointing to websites and social media profiles, you can create them for online contests, YouTube videos, and more.
Use hashtags – You've likely seen hashtags displayed prominently during television shows such as The Voice or American Idol. These hashtags encourage social media users to hold conversations around the tag's topic and then filter those tagged conversations. You can do the same with your traditional marketing. For example, you could run an ongoing social media contest for your customers and prospects. Instead of drawing names from business cards placed in a fishbowl at your establishment, you could encourage people to tweet a message using a specific hashtag. Not only is this a fun way to interact with potential customers, it also exposes your brand to a larger audience. As with icons and QR codes, hashtags aren't limited to online communications. Superimpose them over television ads, read them out loud on radio ads, or add them to printed materials such as direct mail, coupons, brochures, and promotional items.
Use your email signature – Your email signature has plenty of virtual real estate for marketing purposes. Use it to link to your latest blog post, encourage recipients to check out your social networking profiles, or promote a social media campaign. Change it up every week or two and spread the additional exposure across your various social media properties.
Integrating social media marketing with traditional marketing isn't difficult. You simply need to think about extending your traditional marketing to the social sphere and then do it.


Welcome to Catholic Tradition's Holy Face Directory. Below you will find a list of all the pages within this index as well as a brief explanation about the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus Christ.
A few of the prayers are also in the Holy Souls section, but we place them here as well so you may remain within this directory.
This ancient and venerable Catholic practice is rooted in the representation of the face of Christ said to have been left on the towel or veil used by a holy woman thought to be named, Veronica. An Archconfraternity of the Holy Face was established in Tours, France, 1884; its members make reparation for the blasphemies hurled at Christ. Since St. Therese's devotion to the Holy Face has become known, this devotion has spread worldwide.
In addition, a devout and pious nun, Sr. Pierina, who died in 1945, was given many visions through Our Blessed Lady who appeared to her, as did Our Lord Jesus. They urged her to make reparation for the many insults Jesus suffered in His Passion, such as to be slapped, spit upon and kissed by Judas, as well as now being dishonored in many ways in the Blessed Sacrament by neglect, sacrileges, and profanations.
She was given a medal which on one side bore a replica of the Holy Shroud and the inscription: "Illumina, Domine, vultum tuum super nos." [O Lord, the light of Thy countenance shine upon us.] On the reverse side was a radiant host with the words: "Mane nobiscum, Domine." [Stay with us, O Lord.] After great difficulties, Sr. Pierina obtained permission to have the medal cast. Even the expenses for the casting were miraculously met when she found on her desk an envelope with the exact amount of the bill-----11,200 lire.
The Evil Spirit showed his chagrin and rage at the medals by flinging them down and burning the pictures of the Sacred Face, and beating the nun savagely.
In 1940, when the Second World War had the world in turmoil, Italy saw a wide distribution of the medal: soldiers, sailors and pilots were provided with the replica of the Holy Face since the medal was already famous for its miracles and countless spiritual and temporal favors.
In Our Blessed Mother's own word, the medal is a weapon for defense, a shield for courage, a token of love and mercy and which her Divine Son wished to give the world in these troubled days of lust and hatred for God and His Church. Devilish snares have been set to rob the hearts of men of their faith while evil spreads the world over. Genuine apostles are few. A Divine remedy to all these evils will be the Adorable Face of her Son, Jesus.
Whoever wears this medal and, if possible, pays a visit to the Blessed Sacrament on Tuesday in a spirit of reparation for the outrages received by the Holy Face of Our Blessed Savior during His Passion and those bestowed on Him every day in the Sacrament of His Divine Love, will be granted the gift of a strong Faith and the grace to fly to its defense, conquering if need be, all exterior and interior difficulties. Moreover, they are promised a happy death with special assistance of Christ Himself.
The very first medal of the Holy Face was offered to our glorious Pontiff, Pius XII; then the whole world became acquainted with this special object of holy favors and devotion. No soldier taken as a prisoner of war, and who wore the medal was ever executed. Our Blessed Lord requested that a special feast be instituted to honor His Holy Face on Shrove Tuesday. Pope St. Pius XII obeyed and had this day set aside to honor the Holy Face in 1958.
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INTERVIEW: UN refugee agency hopeful on Palestinian UN bid
Read more: United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, refugees, displaced, statehood, independence, United Nations
RAMALLAH, June 21 (JMCC) - The United Nations agency that deals with Palestinian refugees is hopeful that a Palestinian statehood bid at the UN in September will bring a solution for its constituency, says spokesperson Chris Gunness in an interview.
Roee Ruttenberg: The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has indicated that he will declare an independent Palestinian state via the UN and will ask the UN for its support and recognition when the General Assembly meets in September. What are the implications of that for Palestinian refugees, specifically in the Palestinian territories?
Chris Gunness, UNRWA Spokesman: We hope that the implications will be enormous. We hope that as the Palestinians move, apparently, towards a declaration of statehood, they'll realize that the refugees have to have some place in the political order. And I think the Arab Spring has shown that people are crying out for social and political inclusion, for an end to injustice. You can't leave the Palestine refugees behind. So I hope that the declaration of statehood will bring forward some political bravery, some commitment and some courage from the decision-makers, from the statesmen of this world. Because there is no doubt in my mind that you can have a just and durable peace unless 4.8 million refugees are brought out of their 63-year exile, statelessness and dispossession.


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"The surge is coming," Newsom warned, adding that 27,000 hospital beds needed by mid-May.
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Today is April 1, school is out for the rest of the year, and that's not an April fools day joke.
Gov. Gavin Newsom gave his daily update at today's press conference. 8,155 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in CA. 1,855 people are hospitalized; the number has tripled in six days.
Total deaths in California now stand at 774, a 16.4 per cent increase. That's quadrupled in six days. "The surge is coming," Newsom warned, adding that 27,000 hospital beds needed by mid-May.
"California is preparing with people and PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment). 35.4 million masks have been distributed so far in California.
Newsom said we should not bring kids back to school this year. We need to increase at-home class time, and distance learning.
The Federal Government has waived licensing and other requirements for food distribution.
GM is now producing masks through a factory in Warren, Ohio, while 3M Corporation is producing them in Rhode Island.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction has said that school will not reconvene this academic year. This is a recommendation, which is not binding on individual districts. SMMUSD has announced they will not reconvene this year.


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Mixed Messages on Independent Contractor and Employee Background Checks
The rise of the independent contractor model has brought to light some significant concerns about liability, negligence, and the type of control and screening companies that operate on an independent contractor must adhere to. In 2017, Massachusetts set their sites on Uber and Lyft, ride-sharing apps that tout lower prices than competing cab companies, in legislation that requires independent contractors to pass strict employee background checks, and requires the ride sharing apps to refuse drivers with a criminal history, specifically those with sexual offenses on their records.
The Massachusetts law is aimed at keeping the public safe from independent contractors who may pose a risk, insist proponents of the law. The legislation came on the heels of several highly publicized incidents of criminal mischief from contractors for the ridesharing apps. In May of 2016 Jason Dalton, an Uber contractor, killed six people in Kalamazoo in a shooting spree. Several Uber and Lyft drivers have been accused of sexual assault and false imprisonment by female passengers.
The Massachusetts Law does, however, pose a contradiction to regulation and suggestions set forth by the EEOC. In many cities, including New York and San Francisco, the Fair Chance Law, has passed. The Fair Chance Law was enacted after the Ban the Box campaign. The Ban the Box campaign aimed at removing criminal record questions from job applications, and limiting the number of questions that can be asked about one's criminal records. 18 States have adopted ordinances that ban criminal background questions on job applications for government-based jobs and, in some cases, government contractors.
Advocacy groups argue that by forcing applicants to check a box regarding their criminal record, ex-offenders are not being given a fair chance to reintegrate into society. By making it difficult to find a job, some advocates argue, the ex-offender is more likely to re-offend and perpetuate a cycle of criminal activity.
The state ordinances and suggestions by the EEOC seem to be in direct contradiction to the new Massachusetts law, and the subsequent legislation that is likely to follow by other states. Many are wondering if contradictory information, such as that included in the Massachusetts Laws and the ordinances pertaining to Ban the Box, could potentially open a company up to litigation by unsuccessful job applicants.
The required, state-approved employee background checks also seem to be in contradiction with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Under the act, there are a series of consent forms that must be signed before a company can run a background and credit check on potential employees. While many argue that Independent Contractors are not protected by the law, class-action suits have been brought against Uber citing the FRCA.
So, what is a business to do when they are considering employing independent contractors, but want to ensure they are adhering to all potential legislation? The best course of action is to adhere to FRCA standards when performing employee background checks. It may be advisable to utilize employee background checks only on employees who will be interacting directly with the public. It is also wise to alter the language on FRCA consent forms to ensure the potential applicant is aware that they are an independent contractor rather than an employee of the company.
The concept of independent contractors, while not particularly new, has reached a fever pitch in recent years. As our world expands technologically and globally, more and more companies are looking for innovative ways to hire talent. As millennials join the workforce, they too are looking for creative ways to work while maintaining a comfortable and enjoyable life. As our world changes, the rules have to change too, but our world and our rules aren't always in sync. When it comes to employee background checks, and legislation both requiring it and condemning it, time will only tell how it will shake out. The best suggestion for employers, however, is to follow the state rules, and the FRCA closely, both for traditional employees and for independent contractors.
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Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is "Drifter/Loner/Transient/Vagabond."
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit. The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes.
A barmaid in a busy seaport harbor town which serves "a hundred ships a day" is the subject of Brandy, a 1972 one-hit wonder by the group Looking Glass. Though lonely sailors flirt with her, she pines for the one who has long since left her because he claimed his life, his love, and his lady, was "the sea."
The single reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts, remaining in the top position for one week. It reached number two on the former chart for four weeks, stuck behind Gilbert O'Sullivan's Alone Again (Naturally), before reaching number one.
Songwriter Elliot Lurie denies the song is about Mary Ellis (1750–1828), a spinster in New Brunswick, New Jersey. According to oral tradition, Mary was seduced by a sea captain who vowed to return to marry her. He never returned and she would come to the spot where her grave now stands, each day, to look for his ship in the Raritan River in New Brunswick.
Barry Manilow's 1974 Mandy was a cover of a song originally titled Brandy, released in February 1972 by Scott English; however, Manilow changed the title following the success of the Looking Glass single, so as not to get the two songs confused.
Following the song's release in 1972, Brandy increased in popularity as a girl's name in the United States. According to data from the Social Security Administration, drawn from "Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States," Brandy was the 353rd most popular name in 1971, 140th in 1972, and, in 1973 (the first full year after the song's popularity), 82nd.
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by Looking Glass
Songwriter: Elliot Lurie
There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes
And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say, Brandy, fetch another round
She serves them whiskey and wine
The sailors say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loved
He came on a summer's day
Bringin' gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"
Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
She saw its ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, Lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand
At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say
She hears him say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
It is, yes it is
He said, "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
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newepicauthor says:
I used to live in in New Brunswick, New Jersey and I never knew about Mary Ellis, so I found your post fascinating. I just collected my rewards from my credit card and the girl that helped me was Brandy. When we were done, I told her that she is a fine girl.
msjadeli says:
Good ballad and I like his voice and the pauses he puts in the lines. Great choice, sailors certainly fit the nomadic lifestyle.
J-Dub says:
Flash right back to summers on the lake with this song playing. Great times! Thanks for picking this one.
Very good choice – I always liked this song. Kind of sad that the lady's love had to leave and she pined after him for so many years. 🙂
I don't know anyone that doesn't like this song.
Agreed! 😊 Thanks for stopping by!
aisasami says:
I have heard of this song before, it is nice to listen to it again and learn about its background.
Glad you enjoyed it! It's a standard for my generation. Can't talk about 70s music without mentioning "Brandy." 😊
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Fumetti
 Alias – serie a fumetti, adattamento della serie televisiva omonima
 Alias – serie a fumetti pubblicata dalla Marvel Comics di genere poliziesco
Alias – serie a fumetti fantascientifica dello scenografo triestino Jambo pubblicata dal Corriere dei Piccoli

Informatica
 Alias – breve stringa di testo o simbolo associato, per motivi pratici o mnemonici, a qualcos'altro, in informatica
 Alias – nickname di un utente in una comunità virtuale
 Alias – un comando dei sistemi Unix-like
 Alias – nei sistemi operativi Apple, il termine indica un collegamento a un'applicazione o un file (analogo al collegamento di Windows)

Musica
 Alias – gruppo musicale
 Alias – album dell'omonimo gruppo musicale

Altro
 Alias – settimanale di cultura del quotidiano il manifesto
 Alias – serie televisiva statunitense
 Alias – videogioco ispirato alla serie televisiva omonima
 Alias – azienda italiana di arredamento di design

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Q: Internet explorer problem opening same url I have quite a serious problem with Internet Explorer.
I am developing a Flex application (though that is irrelevant as I have verified the problem is with IE).
In the application, I need to perform a http service request by submitting some data.  This works fine no problem... the first time!  When submitting the same url a second time (for another request), it seems that IE recognises that it is the same page and doesn't bother actually doing it.
I checked just submitting the url (without the Flex application calling it) and the same problem is there.  I checked in Firefox and, lo and behold, working no problem!
You can see this behaviour if you go to google.com and then highlight the address bar url and hit enter again.  There is a noticeable difference between doing that and pressing F5 (to refresh).
Does anyone know a way to force IE to look up the url each time (like it's supposed to).  I've looked in the advanced settings but couldn't find anything.

A: Easy, don't worry ;)
What you do is take your URL and add ?x=RAND, where RAND is some random number that you add to the string. This will make the URL different without actually affecting it, which completely avoids your problem :)